Even if the G8 countries countries achieves their target of limiting global warming to two degrees above pre-industrial levels (which is dubious, based on new G8 assessments of the challenge), developing countries will suffer.

The politics are ‘charged’ in advance of the upcoming UN climate change conference in Copenhagen, with World Bank president Robert Zoellick, echoing the view that industrial countries must deliver an “equitable deal” to developing countries.

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